Grambling State VAPA department to present ‘Sender’ Oct. 1-4
Grambling State University’s Department of Visual and Performing Arts will present the play “Sender” from Oct. 1-4 at the Floyd L. Sandle Theatre inside the Conrad Hutchinson Performing Arts Center.
The play will begin at 7 p.m. on Oct. 1-4 with a 10 a.m. matinee performance for high schoolers set for Oct. 4.
Written by Black playwright Ike Holter, “Sender” thrives on the contrast between order and chaos and the tensions that emerge as people leave childhood and adolescence behind to contend with the demands of “adulting.”
In this comedy, Holter presents the audience with four millennial friends wrestling with these issues. While each is at a different stage of “growing up,” one of the friends has disappeared and has been presumed dead. Yet, at the beginning of the play, he returns and completely upends the balance established in his absence.
Basically, this witty, foul-mouthed, and razor-sharp play asks, “What does growing up mean … and is it even desired in this day and age?”
Starring in GSU’s VAPA production of the play will be Karrington Jackson as “Lynx”; Areona Richardson as “Tess”; Kayla Mason as “Cassandra”; and Isaiah Johnson as “Jordan.”
The play will be directed by GSU Assistant Professor Dr. Prince Durden.
“I have been really pleased with the growth, professionalism, and artistic talents of our students,” Durden said about rehearsals for the play. “This wasn’t an easy play to take on, but they took on the challenge of bringing these four characters to life and connecting with them on a personal level.”
Ticket prices for the play will be $10 for general admission; $5 for those 12 years and younger, and $5 for high school students for the 10 a.m. High School Day performance on Oct. 4.
Admission for GSU students will be free when they show their student ID.
For ticket information, call 318-278-2201.